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HR Business Partner – FMCG

Employer
Advocate Group
Location
Birmingham
Salary
£45,000 - £48,000 plus benefits
Closing date
12 Oct 2019

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Business Sector
Food & Drink
Contract Type
Permanent
Hours
Full Time
Function
Human Resources

Job Details

HR Business Partner – FMCG

Are you a passionate and driven HR Business Partner with experience of working within FMCG, Logistic or Distribution environments? This excellent opportunity for a HR BP to be based in the Midlands office to help drive the strategic HR agenda across a multi-site organisation. For this role you will play an instrumental part of embedding the new culture and employee engaged for the new site based in Birmingham. This is your opportunity to be part of a leading consumer brand organisation who have ambitious growth plans and are category leading within their field. This role will have with element of travel and you will work with external and internal stake holders to drive the HR agenda. 

As the HR Business Partner will be an advisor to senior Operations leaders, utilizing their strong HR experience and expertise. This is a varied role and one that will keep you busy, the company is a fast paced organisation and you will develop and execute business strategies focused on talent management, organizational effectiveness, workforce planning and employee engagement. In addition, you will put in place standard processes and policies enabled by standard work and help guide the organization through change into a new site and champion new HR plans.

Role Responsibilities:

  • Drive Associate engagement programs, acting as Employee Relations Subject Matter Expert, monitor Associate feedback to drive effective employee relations, retention and reward programs
  • Manage labor relations if applicable and complex cases with both internal and external parties, while integrating legislative shifts into HR policy and practices
  • Create people-centric plans to meet business demands through a strong understanding of how talent fits into the business strategy and how to develop talent
  • Coordinate with management to build and execute recruitment of middle and senior management, on boarding, training and development initiatives
  • Facilitate and manage the talent review process and succession planning in partnership with management
  • Draw insights from data to improve processes, employee engagement and policy alignment across the business
  • Manage and deploy complex HR projects and lead change initiatives, including implementing new tools and technology that will provide better support to stakeholders

Package: £45,000 - £48,000 plus benefits

Location: Birmingham with varied travel

You will have:

  • HR generalist experience at HR Business Partner or  Manager level in a fast pace environments e.g. FMCG or Retail
  • A Bachelor’s degree in an HR related field or equivalent through experience
  • CIPD qualified or equivalent experience.
  • Experience as an HR Business Partner in a fast-paced distribution or manufacturing environment
  • Knowledge of external practices, trends and tools used in HR
  • Experience with MS Office tools and HR Information Systems
  • Fluent command of English, in both written and verbal form
  • Advanced knowledge of local labor law
  • Ability to use analytical and experiential data for decision making
  • Influencing skills

To apply directly please send a copy of your CV to Nikita.pottinger@advocate-group.co.uk or alternatively please apply via the link below.

Whilst we will always endeavour to respond to you, due to the high levels of applications we receive this isn’t always possible. If you are not contacted within 3 working days, you have unfortunately not been shortlisted for this role.

Please note The Advocate Group is acting as an employment agency & business.             

Company

We are a leading recruitment partner to the FMCG and consumer product sectors. Brand advocate representation, with a focus on inclusive hiring, is central to our ethos and ethics.

As talent partner to some of the most exciting global names, innovators, and challenger brands, we have a proven track record of not only sourcing top talent, but improving employer brand, candidate journey, and talent acquisition strategies. Our specialist consultants plug directly into your brand to act as your talent team, or work alongside your existing talent function. 

Being consumer product-centric means that our candidate and client partners can draw on our deep networks, proven processes, and highly trained talent specialists. 

Our aim is to: identify, engage, assess, and provide exceptional consumer product talent, always with the candidate journey at the forefront of mind.

What Do We Offer?

  • 3:1 interview-to-placement ratio.

That means that, for every three candidates we have out on interview, one is getting the job.

  • 96% employee retention.

Our retention rate is market leading – 96% of the people that we place are still with that organisation at least 12 months later.

  • 92% right-first-time shortlists.

Of the placements we make in roles that we work exclusively (which is the vast majority), 92% are hired from our hired from our first shortlist.

  • 28 days average time to hire.

From briefing to offer, our average turnaround time is 28 days.

Our Recruitment Solutions:

Search & Selection | Project Recruitment | Embedded Talent | Executive Search | Contract Recruitment | Market Mapping

Contact Us Today to Discuss Your Next Recruitment Project:

📞 0333 772 7200
📩 workwithus@advocate-group.co.uk
💻 https://www.advocate-group.co.uk/

Company info
Website
Telephone
0333 772 7200
Location
The Advocate Group
No. 1 Spinningfields, WeWork
Quay Street
Manchester
Greater Manchester
M3 3JE
GB

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